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Just as the G-7 summit begins in Europe on Monday, Russia is striking several central Ukrainian cities with missiles and shelling. On Monday, an airstrike hit a shopping center in Kremenchuk, which had a thousand people inside. Carol Hills speaks to reporter Ashley Westerman in Kyiv, where shelling over the weekend struck a nine-story apartment building.

The Supreme Court’s abortion ruling could have effects throughout Africa, where countries receive huge amounts of money to fund public health, which includes women’s reproductive health. The World’s Carol Hills speaks with Nosmot Gbadamosi of Foreign Policy about the American abortion debate and Roe’s far-flung effects.

Efforts to expand reproductive freedom in the US in recent decades have propelled similar changes in other countries. Now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe, that momentum could flip. The World’s Carol Hills speaks with Representative Jan Schakowsky. She’s the former chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus and a Democrat from Illinois.  

The fictional character King Rao is a composite character of various high-tech entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley (Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, etc.). But King Rao is also a Dalit, a member of the so-called "untouchable" caste in India. His innovations are both harmful and helpful to the planet. King Rao the central figure in the new dystopian novel "The Immortal King Rao" by writer V...

This summer, when you're not outside, you might be catching up on the latest movies or television shows. In Nigeria, a new TV program has become particularly popular: “The Real Housewives of Lagos.” The American reality show franchise is now getting a Nigerian flare. The World’s Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi brings us this story. 

Russia and Ukraine have been at war now for more than 120 days. Most of the fighting is happening in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russian troops are making steady progress there. On Friday, Ukrainian troops began to retreat from Severodonetsk, a city with a prewar population of 100,000. Kyiv continues to say it needs more weapons from the West to keep up the fight. Host Carol Hills speaks...

In Lebanon, a pregnancy can only be terminated if three doctors agree that a woman's life is at risk. But this doesn't stop them from happening — abortion pills are available online, and some doctors provide abortions privately. Workers at a reproductive health clinic in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley say they regularly see women who have tried to end their pregnancy on their own. The World’s Durrie Bousc...

A new investigation in German newspaper, Der Spiegel, points to senior members of Syria's government as profiteers from the country's drug trade. Border agents of countries bordering Syria have been making massive drug busts worth millions of dollars in recent years. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Natasha Hall, a senior fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about Syri...

Governments around the globe are waiting to see whether the World Health Organization will declare monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The last time this designation was made was in January 2020 with COVID-19. Journalist Hellen Branswell of Stat News updates host Carol Hills on the spread of monkeypox and public health efforts to contain it.

Years of discrimination and targeted attacks on the Sikh and Hindu communities in Afghanistan has forced many of them out of the country. Now, a new attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul could be the last straw for the last remaining few. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.

As people in the US absorb the Supreme Court ruling that overturns the constitutional right to abortion, The World looks to understand how US laws compare to other countries. Host Carol Hills and several World reporters break down the major issues that countries grapple with in determining to what extent abortion is legal or restricted.

The Sunny Hill Festival was supposed to return to Kosovo after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus. But at the last minute, organizers — pop star Dua Lipa and her family — were forced to change the festival's location to Albania. But now, there’s some good news for the Kosovar family. Host Carol Hills has the details.

While June is Pride Month in the US, events celebrating and spotlighting LGBTQ communities differ across the globe. Despite the threat of repression and violence faced by many LGBTQ communities, pride events were organized in more than 100 countries, according to a new report by LGBTQ rights group OutRight Action International. The World's host Carol Hills spoke with the report's lead researcher,...

Frogs are known for their energetic leaps. But one type of frog found on mountaintops in Brazil, known as the pumpkin toadlet, is so small that it cannot jump. Instead, mid-air, it stops moving and crashes to the floor. The World's Bianca Hillier has the story.

The United States is a world leader in refugee resettlement, welcoming more than 3.5 million refugees since 1975. In observance of World Refugee Week, host Carol Hills speaks with Holly Herrera, who leads the domestic refugee resettlement program at the US State Department.

The US and countries across Europe are facing an airline pilot shortage. The shortage is causing thousands of delays and flight cancellations across the US. The World's host Carol Hills spoke with Patrick Smith, an active airline pilot and host of AskThePilot.com, about the factors behind the shortage and what it means for the industry.

This summer, Southeast Asia is opening up to tourists for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. But one group will be conspicuously absent: Chinese tourists. Over the past decade, rising fortunes in China resulted in a surge of Chinese holiday makers across Southeast Asia — until they came to underpin the region’s entire travel sector. But President Xi Jinping’s hardline COVID-19 shutd...

In Russia, calling the country's invasion of Ukraine a “war” could land you in prison. Russian officials have referred to it as a “special military operation” and that label is not just about messaging, it also has implications on the battlefield. Russia has not officially declared war on Ukraine and has not conducted a mass mobilization of troops. Host Carol Hills speaks with Michael Kofman, dire...

Thousands of villagers are homeless in Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake hit a remote region in the southeastern part of the country on Wednesday. Afghans desperately need life-saving assistance, but many in the West are loath to work with the extremist government. Susannah George, Kabul bureau chief for the Washington Post, speaks with The World’s host Carol Hills from the quake-struck regi...

The first delivery of heavy weapons from Germany arrived in Ukraine this week, marking the end to a longstanding German policy not to send lethal aid into active conflict zones. Germany also plans to modernize its own military in response to the war in Ukraine, with a more than $100 billion announced cash infusion this year. In a country where history looms large, many Germans are uneasy with thes...

The largest music festival in the United Kingdom is back for the first time in three years. And not even a nationwide rail strike — the largest in a generation — can keep fans away. The World's Sarah Birnbaum reports. 

India and China are increasing their purchases of Russian oil, despite US and EU sanctions that will ban Russian oil imports and bar insurance for ships carrying Russian crude. Host Carol Hills speaks with Derek Grossman of the Rand Corporation, who explains how bans are supposed to work, and the impact other nations' oil purchases may have on Russia sanctions.

Sri Lanka's prime minister told Parliament on Wednesday that the economy "had collapsed" and the crisis that has seen shortages of food and fuel to the island country could see a "possible fall to rock bottom." Sri Lankan journalist Easwaran Rutnam in Colombo tells The World's Carol Hills what's happening on the ground as the country grapples with unpayable debt and the toll of both the pandemic a...

West Africa is facing severe flooding. In Nigeria and Ghana, torrential rainfall in May and June caused many residents to lose their homes and belongings. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports from Accra, Ghana, where development has encroached on the wetlands that are needed to absorb excess rain. 

Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohamad Bin Salman, is in Turkey on Wednesday for a visit with President Recep Erdoğan. The visit is seen as the two sides normalizing relations following the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Steven A. Cook, a senior fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations, about the significance of the visit and what bo...